I'm re-reading Becoming a Writer  by Dorothea Brande. I often find myself drawn to books about creativity—not just because I'm a writer, but because I perceive a deep and intimate connection between creativity and spirituality . Both are concerned with opening ourselves to a source that seems to move through us rather than originating from us. Both ask for receptivity, attentiveness, and devotion to something bigger than us. Dorothea Brande wrote Becoming a Writer  in 1934, long before the...

In a recent episode of The Gospel of Direct Experience , fellow Spiritual Director Michael Ellick and I went deep into the practice of...

What Is a Contemplative Practice? At its heart, a contemplative practice is any intentional activity that quiets the mind, opens the...